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Pyrus pyrifolia is a species of pear tree native to southern China and northern Indochina that has been introduced to Korea, Japan and other parts of the world. [1] The tree's edible fruit is known by many names, including Asian pear, [2] Persian pear, Japanese pear, [2] Chinese pear, [2] [3] Korean pear, [4] [5] [6] Taiwanese pear, apple pear, [7] zodiac pear, three-halves pear, papple ...
Costmary oil (bible leaf oil), formerly used medicinally in Europe; still used as such in southwest Asia. [8] Discovered to contain up to 12.5% of the toxin β-thujone. [9] Costus root oil; Cranberry seed oil, equally high in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, primarily used in the cosmetic industry. Cubeb oil, used to flavor foods.
Asian pears, fruits of Pyrus pyrifolia on the left and right, and two fruits of Pyrus × bretschneideri in the center. Fruit commonly known as the Asian pear in different parts of the world : Pyrus pyrifolia, called “Korean pear”, “Japanese pear”, Chinese pear or Nashi pear, usually round, with brown or yellow skin
Citrus bergamia, the bergamot orange, is a fragrant citrus fruit the size of an orange, with a yellow or green colour similar to a lime, depending on ripeness. Genetic research into the ancestral origins of extant citrus cultivars found bergamot orange to be a probable hybrid of lemon and bitter orange. Citron: Citrus medica
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The fruit is small to medium in size (around the size of an orange) and can be round, oblate, or pyriform in shape. It weighs around 200 grams (0.44 pounds). The rind is moderately thick (around the thickness of an orange) and is yellow in color; it is smooth but porous and is fragrant.
Schisandra chinensis, whose fruit is called magnolia berry [3] or five-flavor fruit (Chinese: 五味子; pinyin: wǔwèizǐ, in Korean: 오미자, romanized: omija, Japanese: ゴミシ, romanized: gomishi), [4] [1] [5] is a vine plant native to forests of Northern China, the Russian Far East and Korea. [6] Wild varieties are also found in Japan ...
The fruit was known in the Akkadian language as supurgillu; "quinces" (collective plural), [8] which was borrowed into Aramaic as ספרגלין sparglin; it was known in Judea during the Mishnaic Hebrew as פרישין prishin (a loanword from Jewish Palestinian Aramaic פרישין "the miraculous [fruit]"); [9] quince flourished in the heat ...